By cipher

To Krasin

Groman's Commission is closed as no longer necessary.35 Report on how many billions of rubles in gold we need for a counter-claim against the Entente. In discussions of debts I once again insist, in connection with a directive from the Central Committee, that you do not dispute with the Commissariat of Foreign Affairs and with Lomonosov, but submit timely precise formal proposals to the Politburo.

A similar directive has been given to the Commissariat of Foreign Affairs.

Lenin

Written November 28, 1920

Sent to London

Published for the first time, from the manuscript